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Definition of de Pisan, Christine in English:

de Pisan, Christine

(also de Pizan)

proper noun

(c.1364–c.1430), Italian writer, resident in France from 1369. The first professional woman writer in France, she is best known for her works in defence of women's virtues and achievements, such as Le Livre des trois vertus (1406).